This Miscellaneous Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution ofIndia assails the order dated 01.07.2022 (Annexure-P/4) passed in Comms- 20/2022 whereby the application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, filed by the petitioners/defendants has been rejected.

2. Briefly stated facts of the case are that the respondents are plaintiffs before the trial Court who have filed a suit for recovery under Order 7 Rule 1 of the CPC read with Section 16 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 2015). On the basis of the transactions and averments, plaintiffs have sought recovery of the amount. After issuance of notice, petitioners/defendants filed an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC contending that Section 2 of the Commercial Courts Act defines "Commercial Disputes" and looking to the aforesaid definition, the alleged transaction is not covered under any of the clauses mentioned in Section 2 of the Act and therefore, the provisions of the Act are not applicable and the plaint is liable to be rejected. Another ground that was raised in the application was the non- compliance of Section 12-A of the Act as the suit was filed wi